Combined wire tie and tag.



Ai IVI. BMES.

COMBINED WWE TIE AND TAG. APPLlc/nmw mw Nov. 2s. 1'915.

ieete which are to he nalaten.

.llilJlElLlVlElt M. BATES, F CH'lICllG. LLINOIS, ASSIGNR T BATES VALVEBAG GOMPANY, Uli CHICAGO, l'LLINOS. A CORPORATION 0F WEST VRGINIA.

CMBINED WIRE TIE AND TAG.

' 7h all #Jamie 'it may maman.'

lle .it lfnoiin that Vl. .fini-zionali lil. lla'riis, a eitixen ot thelimited States. residing at thin-agro. in the county of @ook and citateot' illinois, have invented a eertaiii new and useiul lnipioienienl.in(.onlhiiieil Wire Ties and Tags, ol whieh the lolloii'ingr is a.speeilication.

This is a division ot iny applieatioin Se rial No. 851.286, led Julylll- 1911-!5 ior process of forming and tagrgiiiigih wire ties.

ll'ly invention relates to imprm'einents in a eoinhinecl wire tie andtag, and has for one ohjoet to provide a new and iinprored `loria ot'tie tor tying bags, pai-.lianes and the lilie, wherein the tapl is{nreviousliY and pei-inanenthi attached to the tie so that it does notrequire any particular attention :troni the operator. and so that thetag will always be in position on the paoltage Wheneiei' the package istied. My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammaatieally in theaccompanying draivii'iggs, Whereinlligure l is a perspective iliew ol atie with tag attached heliore talle tie is put into use.

Fing. 2 is a perspective of a laag; showing the tie and tag in theoperative position.

llip. is av perspective ot a modified torni ot eoinhined tie and tag.

Lilie, parts are indicated hy the same ter in all the figures.

a. is the hod;y o1? a. wire tie having; the loop ends B, ll. C is thetan' having' a. small aijiertnre l) through lwhich the hotly of the tie.is inserted. llhe ooinplete tie. oli Course, so arrai'igefl is, as itwerej inseparahle from the tag, lor neither can he separated. from theother. These will he inode up in large quantities toib a. lgivenmanufacturer and his employees ha ve no additional lahor to pern torna.the usual torni and the tag attached thereto and printed with themattei' retpiiretl. will thns he secured in place. lhe tie7 Which iadelivered of Course with the tag attached, is twisted around the nocholi' the'hap; or around a package or ai' tl any other .oh-

" ogether.

They simply appliY the wire tie in` Specification of Letters Patent.'lllgtlinlttl llillii, gill, llll il.,

@riginal application filed July 16, 19ML. Serial No. alll. lvided andSerial No. 63,359.

this application led November 26,

if it heeaine necessary, the tap; could be" slipped out ot' the loopholding: it biit still he held in position on the tie by enlarged orlooped tie ends. r

llt will he noted that this application oontains subject matter dividedout of I'ny7 copending applieation Serial Number 851,286, led .luly' 16,1914. and ll Wish that this applieation he regarded as a divisionalapplieation based thereupon.

` "lhe ends ol the tie, which in this oase `take the forni of the loopC, are as shown, larger than the perforation in the vtag so that alterthe parts have been assembled, the tag and tie cannot he separatedwithout destroying one or the other.

ll claim: l. The combination With a perforate tag hotly et a Wire tiepassing through said perforation, the ends of said tie being each largerthan said perforation., the tag' being i 'free to move along the tielimited only by its Contact with the enlarged ends thereof.

The eolnhination with a perforate tag hotly, ot a wire tie passingthrough said perforation, closed loops formed on either enel ot saidtie, said closed loops being larger than said perforation, the tag beingfree to more lhaelt and forth along the tie limited only by its Contactwith the loops.

ln testimony whereof, l ailix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 23rd day ol November, 1915.

antenna n. Barras.

llllitnesses (limon STAUNTON, l-lnimon llliTTEiz.

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